[Udaipur Killing] NIA registers case against two accused

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case against two accused Mohammed Riyaz Akhtar and Mohammed Gaus in the case of the murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal Teli in Udaipur..The case initially came to be registered by the State Police as a First Information Report (FIR) in the Dhanmandi district of Udaipur, Rajasthan on June 29, 2022.Subsequently, the NIA re-registered a case after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) directed the the agency to take over the investigation."The involvement of any organisation and international links will be thoroughly investigated," the MHA tweeted..The case has been registered under sections 452 (house-trespass), 302 (murder), 153(A) (promoting enmity between different groups), 153 (B) (imputations prejudicial to national-integration), 295(A) (outrage religious feelings) and 34 of Indian Penal Code.Provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 have also been invoked again the accused for conspiring, planning and committing the murder..The case pertains to the murder of local tailor Kanhaiya Lal Teli, committed in broad daylight on June 28, 2022 by the two accused, who inflicted multiple injuries to the victim with sharp weapons.The accused also circulated a video of the act on social media claiming responsibility for the murder with the aim of triggering panic and strike terror among the masses..The issue arose when a case was filed against Kanhaiya Lal Teli on June 10 by his neighbour for allegedly propagating objectionable remarks against Prophet Muhammad on Facebook. .Shortly after which, Kanhaiya Lal Teli filed a complaint on June 15 alleging that that five to seven people were on reece outside his shop, and would attempt to kill him if he opened the shop.It was stated that they had shared his picture and address in a group saying that if anyone saw him on the street or if he came to his shop, he should be killed.Therefore, he apprehended that if he were to open his shop, all of them would come together and kill him..In his complaint, addressing allegations of making remarks against Prophet Muhammad, Kanhaiya stated that his son had accidentally shared the post on Facebook while playing games on his mobile phone. He clarified, he was in fact, unaware of the post since he did not know how to use the phone..[Read the National Investigation Agency's Press Release here]